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On today’s edition of The FreedomCast, Senior FreedomWorks fellow Dr. Tom Borelli joins me to discuss Obama’s energy policy in his second term, the Keystone Pipeline, and why elections have consequences and you’re going to see those consequences in your energy bill.

What's with the ranting about coal plants? Cheap gas has made coal economically uncompetitive. Sorry coal folks, you'll get another chance in 20 years. Maybe 10, if T. Boone has his way and we convert big-rigs to natl. gas.

Today on The FreedomCast, Rafael Cruz, father of US Senator Ted Cruz joins me to discuss his journey to the American Dream, instilling love of country in your children and how his son has every intention of coming to DC and to the Senate to "tear down the curtains and sell the silverware in the 'Good ole’ boys club.'”

Frequently, entitlement reform is discussed among policymakers as a way to reduce government spending, but the entitlement reform discussed often concerns individual entitlements, not those directed toward corporations. A recent examination of the federal tax code by the Cato Institute’s Tad DeHaven found that each year corporate welfare in the tax code cost taxpayers nearly $100 billion.

The FreedomCast: Episode 9 - Jon Gabriel, bureaucracy, red tape and GOP messaging.
Today on The FreedomCast, Jon Gabriel, blogger for FreedomWorks joins me to discuss GOP messaging, bureaucracy and red tape and how the government is saving you from deadly pickle nubbins.

Last week, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a reroute of the oft-disputed Keystone XL pipeline. Previously, the pipeline was slated to cross not only the Nebraska Sandhills but the Ogallala aquifer as well, two areas that had environmentalist groups ready for war. The resultant pressure caused Gov. Heineman to withdraw his support for the pipeline as planned, and President Obama denied the required Presidential Permit in January 2012.

The FreedomCast: Episode 7 - Avik Roy on Fixing Our Ailing Health Care System
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On today’s edition of The FreedomCast, Avik Roy, Senior Fellow from the Manhattan Institute and contributor to Forbes.com joins me to discuss the immediate ramifications of Obamacare, and the Jiu jitsu way to fix Medicare.